Byrd is a rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Byrd is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1963. Byrd was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1919 (26 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 5 | — | — | #4,114 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | — | #4,143 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,126 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | — | #3,321 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | — | #2,996 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,473 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | — | #3,806 |
| 1951 | 11 | — | — | #2,385 |
| 1950 | 6 | — | — | #3,369 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | — | #2,823 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | — | #3,038 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | — | #2,685 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | — | #2,727 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | — | #2,589 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | — | #2,896 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | — | #1,991 |
| 1942 | 11 | — | — | #2,279 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | — | #2,684 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | — | #3,516 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | — | #2,476 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | — | #2,903 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | — | #2,099 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | — | #2,077 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | — | #1,943 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | #3,873 | #1,731 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,044 |
| 1932 | 10 | — | — | #2,481 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,682 |
| 1930 | 18 | — | — | #1,763 |
| 1929 | 19 | — | #4,128 | #2,221 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | — | #1,658 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | — | #2,053 |
| 1926 | 30 | — | #3,614 | #1,616 |
| 1925 | 15 | — | — | #2,105 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | — | #2,247 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | — | #1,762 |
| 1922 | 31 | — | #4,063 | #1,552 |
| 1921 | 17 | — | — | #1,991 |
| 1920 | 20 | — | — | #1,758 |
| 1919 | 33 | — | #3,886 | #1,415 |
| 1918 | 27 | — | #4,920 | #1,606 |
| 1917 | 18 | — | #3,769 | #2,443 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | — | #2,403 |
| 1915 | 32 | — | #2,273 | #1,613 |
| 1914 | 16 | — | — | #1,557 |
| 1913 | 21 | — | #1,786 | #1,963 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | — | #2,597 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,776 |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #2,460 | #1,442 |
| 1909 | 8 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | #2,158 | — |
| 1905 | 15 | — | #1,316 | #1,115 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | — | #1,233 |
| 1903 | 13 | — | #1,331 | #1,152 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,822 | — |
| 1900 | 13 | — | #1,967 | #979 |
| 1899 | 7 | — | #1,291 | — |
| 1898 | 8 | — | #1,273 | — |
| 1897 | 8 | — | #1,183 | — |
| 1896 | 11 | — | #1,616 | #999 |
| 1895 | 20 | — | #1,061 | #695 |
| 1894 | 23 | — | #789 | #796 |
| 1893 | 16 | — | #743 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | — | — | #872 |
| 1891 | 17 | — | #899 | #777 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | #878 | #1,024 |
| 1889 | 17 | — | #761 | #993 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | #1,153 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | — | — | #759 |
| 1886 | 15 | — | #844 | #774 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | — | #612 |
| 1884 | 15 | — | #864 | #711 |
| 1883 | 19 | — | #562 | #735 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | — | #712 |
| 1881 | 14 | — | #845 | #605 |
| 1880 | 6 | — | #753 | — |